31.   Volpe said she is optimistic as negotiations head back to the table.

32.   Americans generally optimistic as Clinton begins second term.

33.   But he said investors should not be too optimistic as the government measures were short-term and intended only to stabilise the current market.

34.   Marzuki, who is also deputy chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights, was not as optimistic as Mahfud.

35.   If Denmark coach Morten Olsen and his assistant Michael Laudrup were as optimistic as Sand they were more restrained in their prognosis.

36.   The officials said they still hoped to hold the talks, but were less optimistic as to whether their hoped-for deal could be easily reached any more.